Most Software Dev Jobs Are Bullshit Jobs
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Most Software Dev Jobs Are Bullshit Jobs
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#2The author comes close to making the more obvious leap to "Most Jobs Are Bullshit" but for some reason doesn't quite make it there. But unless you'd like to forage for sustenance in the woods, I'm not sure we have much of an alternative... and at least some dev work is mildly interesting.
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#3The author comes close to making the more obvious leap to "Most Jobs Are Bullshit" but for some reason doesn't quite make it there. But unless you'd like to forage for sustenance in the woods, I'm not sure we have much of an alternative... and at least some dev work is mildly interesting.
They don't make the leap because they link to the original Graeber article which makes that point in general.
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#4workers of the world unite!
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#5Most of her claims are true for all 40h full-time jobs, which is the majority of all jobs. In that logic, nobody would have kids.
But.. I totally struggle with keeping a life aside to 40-60h work aswell so I wont blame her - I feel the same.
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#7So sitting AND standing are both out. Now what? Walking desks? Neutral buoyancy fluid desks? Supine desks?
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#8This article assumes that every developer works for an SV-style start-up that requires 80 hour weeks building trivial things. I work in the medical industry, rarely work more than 40 hours a week, take six weeks of vacation a year, and can generally feel okay about my output actually helping people lead better lives.
Of course, yes, sometimes I do a lot of BS things at my job. However, as another comment has already noted, there are few jobs that include some sort of BS at some point. That is why it is called "work."
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#9Software development has proven methods for organizing labor by labor instead of by the whims of the owning class. The most useful software in the world is developed by an ecosystem of communities that resembles anarchist, communist ideas of how society at large could operate. Because of the unique capital requirements for software development, cooperative firms are more viable than in any other industry. We could be doing our work in radically different ways.
Too bad most programmers are allergic to collective labor action.
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#10So sitting AND standing are both out. Now what? Walking desks? Neutral buoyancy fluid desks? Supine desks?
Maybe just less hours in total at a desk (aka work)?
I think that was the point she was trying to make.